[CPEO-MEF] Hanford health claims

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Complaints on Hanford health bills

Managers seek outside review of workers' compensation program

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
June 20, 2005

KENNEWICK -- Federal managers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are 
asking for an independent review of the program that handles workers' 
compensation claims at the site.

Workers at last week's annual meeting complained they had to hire 
attorneys to seek payment for some medical claims, with some workers 
complaining they waited more than a year before being paid on other claims.

In an e-mail to Hanford employees Friday, U.S. Department of Energy 
managers at Hanford said they would appeal to one of the agency's 
assistant secretaries for help.

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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/229213_hanford20.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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